M1.5 earthquake 13 km NNE of Willow, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 13 km NNE of Willow, Alaska on Sun, Jan 21, 2018, 2:55 PM AKST (23:55 UTC), 44 km (27 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 16 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-01-21 23:55:37 UTC
- Depth
- 43.9 km (27.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 61.850° N, 149.909° W
- Region
- Alaska
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Stations used
- 29
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 135 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.629 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 68 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.822 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.619 km N of Willow, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 43 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.823 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 42 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.554 km E of Chase, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.933 km WSW of Petersville, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 2
- 1.542 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 69 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.128 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 74 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.829 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 76 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.520 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.325 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 63 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.519 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 42 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.511 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 31 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
- 2.318 km SSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 39 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.74 km NW of Houston, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 41 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
- 1.544 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 71 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.639 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.317 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 292 · tsunami flag
- 1.616 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.016 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.615 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.717 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.610 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 37 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.716 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.518 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.715 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.528 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.717 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 1 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.616 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.515 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.517 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.917 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
- 1.622 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 46 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.613 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 41 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.619 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.715 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.646 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 69 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.812 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.515 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.913 km S of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.915 km S of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.614 km S of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.114 km S of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.911 km NNW of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.933 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 67 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.529 km WSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 68 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.617 km SE of Susitna, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 48 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.915 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.617 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 51 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.637 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 73 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.644 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 16 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.051 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 24 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.846 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 38 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.018 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.57 km N of Houston, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 42 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.58 km NNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 81 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.916 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.06 km NW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 37 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.716 km NNE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 51 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.522 km S of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3165 days ago · 27 km deep · 82 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 2.115 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 46 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.68 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 55 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.126 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 49 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.78 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 21 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.60 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 57 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.241 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 79 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.210 km WNW of Houston, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 40 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
- 1.68 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 47 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.1Southern Alaska · 3180 days ago · 42 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.619 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 19 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.028 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.928 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 50 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.552 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 78 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.514 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 86 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.818 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 65 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.523 km NW of Glacier View, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 37 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.632 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 102 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.150 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 42 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.020 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.913 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 77 km deep · 87 km away
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